Everyone needs a nickname. You, me, even managers of Premier League football clubs need nicknames. So it came to pass that two managers, Arsene Wenger (‘The Professor’) and Manuel Pellegrini (‘The Eng…

The advantage of playing in front of one’s home fans is often spoken of, but how much of a benefit is it really? Emmanuel Adebayor came a cropper earlier this season when discussing this. But as the r…